chile miners getting out at last

aussiejock



Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 06:34

Well they have started to pull the miners out, first one out seems to be in very good shape, what a great rescue from this depth



Robert

sloan



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Message Posted:
13/10/2010 06:38

Amazing to watch! Amazing achievement!

juliamoons



Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 849

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 06:51

Yeah fantastic they can rescue about 2 an hour so they are in for a long haul.

sloan



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Posts: 808

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 08:13

Oakley of California have provided 33 pairs of sunglasses at $400 a pair to protect the miners' eyes. What an opportunistic bit of advertising as the world's eyes are on the rescue. Somebody in Oakley advertising department needs a pat on the back from the boss.



I am still finding it fascinating watching ... the third miner has just been brought up and the first three do seem to be in a remakable condition. There is a Bolivian to come up next I think, and then some of the men with medical problems.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 08:38

4th one coming up now. what a sense of order they are showing, no panic at all. they expect it will take a further 48 hours . What soladarity they have shown . All heros in my eyes.After 69 days they look so fresh x

louthlass


Joined: 09/11/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 10:30

Fantastic organisation, God willing they will all come to the surface safely.

aussiejock



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Message Posted:
13/10/2010 10:51

racoonchic



what a cracker loved it, but great to see them rescued





Robert

Pipie


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Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 13:58

A very well done to all of the rescue team . Amazing !!

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 19:11

Bunch of drama queens, they were actually arguing over who would be last up, after all, he's a record breaker (as Roy Castle would have said).

I can't wait to see the movie to see which one found god down there, which two found out they were gay, and which ones missus was shacked up with Leroy and Winston why he was down there.

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 19:25

yrett that is uncalled for, is has been a terrible thing for them to endure, I wish every one of them well.

yrret


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Posts: 761

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 20:15

It's true Puggy, they were arguing who would be last up. The coverage has filled BBC and Sky all day, so there was no air time for Mrs Shellby's cat who got stuck up a tree in Plymouth.

The minister for self attention has been on the TV all day patting himself on the back, 17 out in 12 hours - they have padded out the recovery to get more media coverage.

I wish every miner and their families well and I hope they get paid the overtime, and the rescuers have done a first class job, but the attention seeking mining minister seems to want the focus on himself.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 23:39

I think its a miracle that they got out alive, some had only joined the company days before. I cant beleive the soladarity of these people. We are so lucky to have been able to see them, and them to see the outside world. I cant begin to imagine what 69 days trapped would feel like. After living in wales in the heart of the coal mines they would never have had the technology for a disaster like this, how its moved on.Who cares who is first or last just freedom and family. They are all heros xxx

rigsby


Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 912

Message Posted:
13/10/2010 23:59

I thought the second miner out was fantastic,he raced over to the crowd and got them chanting.However No 21 out,the one with the wife and mistress looked a little glum.His wife had told the press that she would not be there.Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 00:01

24 miners up so far.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 00:16

to all of the relief workers i take my hat off to. what an incredible job xxx

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 00:22

I think this is an amazing achievement well done to everyone involved

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 05:03

Post deleted for being totally off topic.

AJ

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
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Message Posted:
14/10/2010 08:57

message 18

post deleted for being way off topic ??????????????



a joke "light humour " on the same subject ....how can that be off topic ??



as message 10 says about record breaker from roy castle ....dear me mr aj get a grip



kav

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 09:13

kavenkoy

If you want to start a joke thread then you know the rules. People obviously are interested in the thread title and not about football jokes.

AJ

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 09:29

I am so very happy for the 33 miners and their families but does this now mean they will all be out of work.

Sazna


Joined: 12/09/2009
Posts: 1177

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 10:18

i think instead compensation they should all be given Safe jobs else where so they can continue to support their families.

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 10:28

After their ordeal I wouldn't think they would ever want to go back in to a mine. What an amazing feat it was to get them all out safely.

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 12:28

As they emerge one by one, you can't help comparing it to Big Brother.......All of them destined to be miner celebrities ..........

Crumpy



Joined: 05/06/2010
Posts: 419

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 22:18

Of course it's wonderful all the miners got out safely, but if one bears in mind that the deepest mines can be 3km down, why dıd it take so long to drıll a narrow shaft a little over 600 metres down to them.



Click on the link http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/YefimCavalier.shtml to learn more about how deep some mines can be.



Moreover, deepwater drılling rigs can normally (BP excluded) operate in seas to a depth of 2400 metres and even then can drill down a further 9km into the earth.



Click on the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill for more info on deepwater drilling.



So, why did it take so long for this Heath-Robinson-like contraption to bring them up.



Something's not adding up ... at least for me it's not.



Maybe though, they had to drill carefully (slowly) to avoid another collapse ... or should I be cynical and say that the drilling wasn't for diamonds or oil.



Maybe I should just be happy they are all out safely.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
14/10/2010 22:26

Turned the telly on this morning and i couldnt believe my eyes.All these miners where jumping for joy.My first thought was that Thatcher was dead,

Paul.

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
15/10/2010 02:34

newlad it was thatchers 85th birthday on the day the miners were released .....i bet she was more shocked...